Jun 29 Marcia Coyle Answers Viewer Questions on Day Two of Kagan Hearings By Quinn Bowman _pap_embed_custom('news01s40fdqef4',482,304,""); Marcia Coyle, a regular NewsHour analyst and Washington Correspondent for the National Law Journal, spoke with Hari Sreenivasan during the lunch break in Tuesday's Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Coyle is answering some of… Continue reading
Jun 29 Patchwork Nation: Gun Shop Locales and Legal Challenges By Dante Chinni On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms applies to state and local gun control laws. And on Tuesday the overwhelming reaction was, now what? The ruling lacked specifics and… Continue reading
Jun 29 Tuesday: Day Two of Kagan Hearings; Day One of Petraeus Hearings By Tom LeGro Elena Kagan is sworn in Monday for her Supreme Court confirmation hearing (Scott Andrews/Pool via Bloomberg) Day two of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Solicitor General Elena Kagan begin Tuesday morning. With opening statements and introductions by the… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch Coyle: Kagan's Confidence, Humor on Display in Senate Hearings Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal speaks with Judy Woodruff about the second day of Elena Kagan's confirmation hearings, saying that the Supreme Court nominee is showing her confidence and comfort by injecting increasingly more humor into her responses… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch What Effect Will Spy Charges Have on 'Reset' of U.S.-Russia Relations? Accusations of Russian spying in the U.S. are igniting diplomatic tensions between Moscow and Washington, a week after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met. Jeffrey Brown talks with two experts about what the arrests mean for relations… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Russian Officials Condemn U.S. Accusations of Spying as 'Ungrounded' Russian officials have condemned the arrests of alleged intelligence agents, accused of living undercover in the U.S. Jeffrey Brown has an update on the latest in the investigation and reactions from leaders of both nations. Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch Senators Press Kagan on Military Recruiter Access, Abortion Rights Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan faced questioning from some Senate Judiciary Committee members on her role in barring military recruiters from meeting with Harvard students. Kwame Holman recaps the second day of confirmation hearings. Continue watching
Jun 28 States, Communities Struggling With Medical Marijuana Regulations By Lee Banville Whether it's the LAPD attempting to close 400 of the city's marijuana dispensaries or Montana adding nearly 20 percent more card-carrying medical marijuana users just last month, states and municipalities are struggling this summer with legislating about medical pot. Some… Continue reading
Jun 28 Sen. Robert C. Byrd, Famed Orator Robert C. Byrd, the late senator who set records for most votes and career longevity, will also be remembered for his style of oration -- more in step with the Roman Senate than with the era of… Continue reading